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�/7 <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> IN RECOGNITION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR. DAY <br /> IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. awakened the nation to the hypocrisy of claiming freedom and justice <br /> for all while perpetuating segregation, a system which legalized a second-class citizenship <br /> for people of color, and <br /> WHEREAS, Martin Luther King,Jr. struggled to break down barriers between people and to achieve <br /> reconciliation and justice under the law for everyone, and <br /> WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. appealed to the Constitution of the United States as the guarantee for <br /> civil and human rights nationwide, and <br /> WHEREAS, Martin Luther King,Jr. confronter)People of Faith with the discrepancy between their <br /> professed beliefs and their daily attitudes and actions toward others, and <br /> WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. demonstrated how non-violent strategies of protest can bring about <br /> significant social change and thereby inspired similar struggles for human rights on the <br /> part of other minorities, such as women,the disabled, and gays and lesbians, and <br /> WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. saw clearly the relationship between poverty and the abridgment of <br /> human rights, and <br /> WHEREAS, Martin Luther King, Jr. set for the nation a continuing agenda for the creation of a more <br /> inclusive and just society,and <br /> WHEREAS,nationwide jurisdictions now recognize the great legacy in the work and teachings of Martin <br /> Luther King, Jr.,not only for America but for the world at large, <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> proclaims January 20, 1997, as <br /> MARTIN LUTHER KING,JR.DAY IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners asks the <br /> community to join in honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. by participating in local community <br /> observances of this day and incorporating his goal and dream of human rights for all <br /> into their lives. <br /> This is the 16th day of January, 1997. <br /> William L. Crowther, Chair <br /> Board of Commissioners <br />